Executive Profile*

Burton M. Cohen

Former Director, Member of Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and Member of Audit Committee, MGM Resorts International

Age

Total Calculated Compensation

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90

$262,000

Background*

Mr. Burton M. Cohen served as an Executive Vice President of the Flamingo Hotel Casino. Mr. Cohen has over 35 years of experience in the Las Vegas hotel-casino industry. Mr. Cohen's earliest accomplishments include major roles in the building, opening and staffing of the Frontier Hotel Casino and Circus Circus in 1968. After the Hilton Corporation acquired the Flamingo Hotel Casino in 1971, Mr. Cohen led the new operation as its President. In 1973, Caesars World hired ... Mr. Cohen to run The Thunderbird Hotel. In 1977, Mr. Cohen moved to Caesars Palace as a Vice President and Member of its board of directors. Since 1978, Mr. Cohen served as President and General Manager of the Desert Inn & Country Club under Summa Corporation. Mr. Cohen served as the President and Chief Operating of the Dunes Hotel & Country Club from 1986 to 1987. Mr. Cohen returned to the Desert Inn Hotel & Country Club in 1992 as its President and Chief Executive Officer and stayed on as President and Managing Director when ITT Sheraton Corporation acquired the property in 1993. Mr. Cohen retired from active hotel-casino management in 1995 and has since done consulting work in the hotel and gaming industries. He served as a Director at MGM Resorts International since April 13 , 2010 to May 5, 2014. He served as the Director of Golden Nugget, Inc. Mr. Cohen received his law degree from the University of Miami in 1948. He passed away on May 5, 2014.

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